Be Inspired By Responsible Tourism Experts at ITB Asia 2014!

Be Inspired by Responsible Tourism Experts @ ITB Asia 2014

29 - 31 October 2014
Marina Bay Sands Convention Center, Singapore

Wild Asia, ITB Asia’s official CSR partner is proud to put together and announce 2014’s series of Responsible Tourism events. Experts and experienced practitioners will be presenting concepts, international standards, lessons learnt, current trends and notable regional case studies. Come and learn, be inspired, mingle and network with industry players at the biggest business-to-business travel trade show in Asia.

Meet the Wild Asia team at the Responsible Tourism Centre Booth at Basement 2, Exhibition Hall E, J65.

Responsible Tourism Clinics
29th October 2014 (Thursday) @ RT Center Booth

Engage in a series of personalised clinics and talks by leading experts. Our speakers come with breadth and depth of knowledge and experience that would be significant in dealing with challenges and issues of implementing responsible tourism practices. Topics include:

How to make community-based tourism (CBT) work: Multi-stakeholder success stories from Thailand
Developing CBT as part of the tour operator supply chain
Child sex tourism is a risk for Asian destinations and companies
Sustainable practices: Small ways that lead to big improvements & cost saving
Burma’s re-opening to the world: An examination of sustainable tourism development in the 21st century
Creating competitive advantage through responsible tourism practices
Climate change and tourism

Find the clinics schedule here: RT Clinics 2014

MAIN EVENT: Responsible Tourism Forum & Networking
31st October 2014 (Friday) @ Conference Room Hibiscus, Basement 2, Exhibition Hall D1

Join us for an inspiring forum session as we discuss three hot topics that surround responsible tourism. Speakers will push the envelope to discuss sustainable tourism market trends, provide tools and applications in achieving sustainability and share an incredible case study of sustainability in Gobi. The topics include:

Cost effective ways to achieving sustainable tourism best practices, Tony Charters, Principal, Tony Charters and Associates
Sustainable tourism trends, emerging markets & new media, Jens Thraenhart, Founder, Digital Innovation Asia
Evolution of an ecolodge: Lessons from the Gobi, Jalsa Urubshurow, Founder and CEO, Nomadic Expeditions and the Three Camel Lodge

Following the forum, winners of the notable Wild Asia Responsible Tourism Awards 2014 will be announced. Guests are invited to mingle and network after the event over some light refreshments.